Bitcoin has changed the history of money, the history of finance and the history of the world. It is a revolutionary development that has evolved into a global phenomenon that challenges the status quo of the fiat currency system and forces us to ask the very simple yet profound question, “what is money?” It is […]
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The origins of money are murkier than many would have you believe and the oldest form of money is not entirely clear. The standard story is that we moved in a gradual process from barter to using commodity money such as cows, shells and ultimately metal coins. But that is not universally accepted. David Orrell,
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These famous silver coins either have historic significance or are well known and popular bullion coins of the modern era. Some of them are the most beautiful silver coins in the world. Silver has been money for thousands of years, although it has always played second fiddle to gold as a store of value. But
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The end of the gold standard was not a single event. It happened in stages. The beginning of the end was in 1914, with the outbreak of World War One. The European powers ended convertibility of paper money into gold in order to finance the war through the printing press. This concluded the international monetary
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The Renminbi translates to “people’s currency” and is the currency issued by the Communist Party of China. The term Renminbi refers to the name of the currency in the broad sense, while yuan is the name of one unit of currency. The Renminbi was first issued towards the end of the Republic of China in
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The most famous gold coins have achieved legendary historical status not merely for their precious metal content, but for the historical moments they represent, their artistic beauty, and the cultural significance they embody. Each coin carries multiple layers of meaning: The yellow metal has been a store of value, a unit of account and a
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The Moscow World Standard is a proposal by Russia to create a new precious metals pricing standard to rival the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and the Commodity Exchange (COMEX). The argument is that the LBMA and COMEX are using leveraged shorts to suppress the price of gold. As a major exporter of gold, Russia
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 compelled the U.S. Treasury to purchase 4.5 million ounces of silver per month. This was designed to support the falling price of silver and was one episode in a long battle in U.S. monetary politics between proponents of bimetallism and proponents of a mono-metallic gold standard. The Sherman
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Key Takeaways The denarius was the most important coin of the Roman monetary system and one of the most famous silver coins in history. Its extensive circulation across the vast reaches of the Roman Empire demonstrates the success of silver as a monetary medium. According to numismatic history legend Kenneth Harl in his outstanding book
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The history of U.S. currency begins with the foreign money of the colonial era and ends with the fiat standard of the post 1971 era. The Federal Reserve Notes that currently circulate as U.S. currency only became the exclusive legal tender of the United States in 1971. Before that, the United States had a number
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